South Carolina · 1915

Top 100 names in South Carolina, 1915, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,098
#2	Annie	498
#3	Ruth	345
#4	Louise	321
#5	Elizabeth	312
#6	Margaret	285
#7	Sarah	263
#8	Ruby	262
#9	Frances	243
#10	Lillie	220
#11	Helen	210
#12	Carrie	210
#13	Dorothy	204
#14	Willie	199
#15	Rosa	198
#16	Ethel	190
#17	Hattie	184
#18	Martha	181
#19	Mattie	180
#20	Bessie	164
#21	Evelyn	164
#22	Julia	162
#23	Edna	161
#24	Alice	161
#25	Emma	155
#26	Gladys	153
#27	Anna	152
#28	Maggie	152
#29	Lucille	151
#30	Virginia	148
#31	Viola	146
#32	Mildred	145
#33	Lillian	143
#34	Bertha	141
#35	Marie	140
#36	Mamie	140
#37	Minnie	138
#38	Jessie	138
#39	Grace	133
#40	Thelma	132
#41	Beatrice	129
#42	Rebecca	128
#43	Geneva	128
#44	Edith	123
#45	Sara	118
#46	Ida	111
#47	Janie	105
#48	Fannie	102
#49	Lula	101
#50	Daisy	101
#51	Ella	100
#52	Pearl	99
#53	Catherine	98
#54	Pauline	97
#55	Eva	96
#56	Lois	94
#57	Laura	94
#58	Inez	94
#59	Florence	91
#60	Irene	91
#61	Hazel	90
#62	Nellie	90
#63	Clara	90
#64	Bernice	84
#65	Alma	83
#66	Sadie	82
#67	Gertrude	82
#68	Sallie	80
#69	Mae	78
#70	Lizzie	75
#71	Rose	75
#72	Myrtle	73
#73	Josephine	72
#74	Susie	71
#75	Essie	68
#76	Agnes	67
#77	Cora	67
#78	Ellen	63
#79	Lucile	63
#80	Eunice	61
#81	Jannie	60
#82	Lottie	57
#83	Vera	57
#84	Mabel	56
#85	Eula	56
#86	Ada	56
#87	Nancy	54
#88	Nettie	53
#89	Addie	52
#90	Eloise	52
#91	Juanita	51
#92	Estelle	50
#93	Kathleen	46
#94	Alberta	46
#95	Christine	46
#96	Jennie	45
#97	Beulah	45
#98	Katherine	45
#99	Blanche	43
#100	Lena	43

Uniquely popular in South Carolina

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Elease	25	14	0
Jannie	60	34	2
Albertha	25	14	1
Janie	105	60	6
Elouise	20	11	1
Earline	20	11	2
Corine	32	18	3
Maggie	152	87	13
Lizzie	75	43	7
Rosa	198	113	18
Rebecca	128	73	12
Carrie	210	120	20

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.